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. >> rose: he was at the whitehouse. >> was at the whitehouse and still is. >> rose: the other question that comes that has to do with this book the richness of some of the things you have learned like the conversation between the president of egypt mubarak and the president of the united states. when the president of egypt was under intense pressure to leave. >> that's right. and the debate that took place inside the whitehouse, charlie, was how hard do you push mubarak out. and you had a faction led by hillary clinton and bob gates the defense secretary at the time, you don't want to push president mubarak out until you have a pretty good understanding of what's going to follow. you know, what gates always used to say before he left washington is the question, the three words never heard in washington enough and then what, okay. and he raised that same issue i think when you spoke to him a few weeks ago. in this case, the and then what looked pretty scary to them. there was a younger group within the whitehouse that could imagine themselves in tahrir square with those students. and th
. >> rose: he was at the whitehouse. >> was at the whitehouse and still is. >> rose: the other question that comes that has to do with this book the richness of some of the things you have learned like the conversation between the president of egypt mubarak and the president of the united states. when the president of egypt was under intense pressure to leave. >> that's right. and the debate that took place inside the whitehouse, charlie, was how hard do you push mubarak...
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but him and his whitehouse aides are the continuity and it really is obama laying down the strategy. >> aaron sorkin, jeff daniels, emily mortimer and james mann when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: aaron sorkin is perhaps best known for his iconic television drama the west wing, it was 27 seasons and won emease. he won a script for the social network and nominated for another moneyball. he returns to television about challenges of reporting the news, called the news room. here is the trailer for the news room. >> this is news night. i'm beginning this newscast by apologizing to the american people for failure of this program during the time i've been in charge of it. what we failed is in the mystery. we took a dive for the tings. i'm quitting circuits and switching tes. i'm going with the guys who are getting creamed. >> welcome to news 92.0. this is the news show. >> they're very young out there. >> this is what you can be badly at. >> this is george's country. >> you thought the russians inv
but him and his whitehouse aides are the continuity and it really is obama laying down the strategy. >> aaron sorkin, jeff daniels, emily mortimer and james mann when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: aaron sorkin is perhaps best known for his iconic television drama the west wing, it was 27 seasons and won emease. he won a script for the social network and nominated for another moneyball. he...
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.>> ose: we called the obamians, the struggle inde the whitehouse to definemerican power. indatoas moreacly tailof foreignicy in the fit uple yes s stadminion. than grge bhorce beyond h. in otherords, just about everybody in the admintration changes at the top levels. thers almt no one othern hillary cln unr ama who were before. but m and his whitehous aides e thontinuy and itreally is obama ling down the strategy. >> aon sork, jf daniels, emilmoim andam when we continue.icatio from o studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: aaron sorkinis perhaps be own for his icic telision d the we wi, i was 27 seasons and w emease. won a script forhe social network and nominad for another moneall. he returns to television about challenges of repoing the news,alled t ne room. here is the trailer f the news om. >> this is news night i'm beginning ts newscast by apolizing to the aerican people for failure of th prograduringhe time i've been in char of what wfailede myer we tk a de for the ratings. i'm quittingircuits and i'm going with the guys who are getting creamed. >> wel
.>> ose: we called the obamians, the struggle inde the whitehouse to definemerican power. indatoas moreacly tailof foreignicy in the fit uple yes s stadminion. than grge bhorce beyond h. in otherords, just about everybody in the admintration changes at the top levels. thers almt no one othern hillary cln unr ama who were before. but m and his whitehous aides e thontinuy and itreally is obama ling down the strategy. >> aon sork, jf daniels, emilmoim andam when we continue.icatio from...
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sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted under the leadership of senator boxer and myself and senator shelby, voted for this bill, the restore act, with 76 votes. i don't think the transportation bill itself just got 76 votes. just to show you how difficult it is to get 76 votes. other than just, you know, immaterial items, it's hard to get 76 votes for apple pie and mother's day greetings. but we got 76 votes, and i was so proud. not only was it the right thing to do, a great help to the region that i help to represent, but also i thought very fair with the inclusion also of the land and water that was not part of restore but an
sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, let me first thank the distinguished senator from illinois for his determined efforts and my senior colleague in this body, senator jack reed, for his determined efforts to try to get to a resolution that will prevent the student loan interest rates from doubling. i'm here today to speak about another problem in which something very important to ordinary americans is also being jammed up as a result of obstruction and intransigence. and in my case it is the highway bill. we had a march 31 deadline, the house and the senate, to get a highway bill done. the national did its job. we -- the senate did its job. the house did not do its job. they failed to get a highway bill done. let me point out that we've been doing highway bills in congress back since the eisenhower administration, and this is not rocket science. so it is telling that the body at the other end of this building could not get a highway and bridge bill done by the march 31 deadline. so what did
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, let me first thank the distinguished senator from illinois for his determined efforts and my senior colleague in this body, senator jack reed, for his determined efforts to try to get to a resolution that will prevent the student loan interest rates from doubling. i'm here today to speak about another problem in which something very important to ordinary americans is also being...
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held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. 44.3 million new jobs in the private sector. 27 months straight of new job garote, positive job growth in the private sector. last month, there were only 69,000 new jobs created but those were jobs created in the private sector. at t
held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the opportunity that it provides to young people who are here in this country through no fault of their own, who know no other home in the world and who will one day be great americans, people that will be leaders and performers and experts and scientists and really provide great value to our country. i'm delighted that he is doing it again. his persistence matches his passion, and finally with the president's decision the other day, it's beginning to reap some rewards, and i hope more to come in the future, and i congratulate the senator from illinois. my remarks -- and i'd like to ask un
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the...
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whitehouse: thank you very much. i come before the senate today to speak about a number, a number that has a particular significance for us here. that number is 400. why is 400 an important number at this point in our history? what's important about 400 is that it is the number of parts per million of carbon dioxide that has been measured this spring in the arctic. it's a first. we've never hit 400 before. for 8,000 centuries mankind has inhabited this planet within an atmospheric carbon dioxide range of 190 to hundred parts per million. that's been the range. that's the bandwidth that we've lived within. how long it's is 800,000 years? it's a pretty darn long time. i don't think there are any artifacts that go more than 200,000 years. if you go 10,000 years, you only see the beginnings of agriculture, people scratching the soil and planting things. so longer than our species has effectively inhabited this earth we've been in this happy bandwidth that has supported our lives, has supported congenial climate for human
whitehouse: thank you very much. i come before the senate today to speak about a number, a number that has a particular significance for us here. that number is 400. why is 400 an important number at this point in our history? what's important about 400 is that it is the number of parts per million of carbon dioxide that has been measured this spring in the arctic. it's a first. we've never hit 400 before. for 8,000 centuries mankind has inhabited this planet within an atmospheric carbon...
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whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in our american struggle for independence. most americans remember the boston tea party as one of the major events building up to the american revolution. i see the pages in front of me looking -- nodding knowledgeably, yes, i do know about that boston tea party. we learned that story of the spirited bostonnians, literally spirited bostonnians, i'm told, clambering onto the decks of the east india company ships and dumping tea into boston harbor to protest british taxation without representation. however, there is a milestone on the path to the revolutionary
whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in...
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safety and innovation act signed by 17 senators as followed, reid of nevada, harkin, whitehouse, conrad, reed of rhode island, coons, begich, kerry, schumer, mikulski, cardin, menendez, lieberman, landrieu, blumenthal, murray, carper. mr. reid: i move to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada mr. reid moves to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment numbered 2461. mr. reid: on that i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: you now have a second-degree amendment at the desk i wish to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: is noter from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an anytime numbered 2462 to amendment number 2461. mr. reid: i have a motion to refer to the house -- i have a motion, mr. president, to refer to the house message to the health, education, labor, and pensions committee with instructions to report back forthwit
safety and innovation act signed by 17 senators as followed, reid of nevada, harkin, whitehouse, conrad, reed of rhode island, coons, begich, kerry, schumer, mikulski, cardin, menendez, lieberman, landrieu, blumenthal, murray, carper. mr. reid: i move to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada mr. reid moves to concur in the house amendment to s. 3187 with an amendment numbered 2461. mr. reid:...
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bipartisan support for an amendment i introduced along with congressman hal rogers in kentucky and senator whitehouse. there is a prescription drug abuse problem throughout the country but in ohio we've been hit hard by this and one of the issues i had found in going to a town hall in southern ohio was the fact the state prescription drug monitoring programs couldn't communicate and operate across state lines. this town hall i did with director gil gorlakowski, the director kindly came to important smith, ohio in july, 2011, in southern ohio, an area that's been a center of prescription drug abuse and interstate drug trafficking, right across the river from kentucky and near west virginia, so it's an interstate area. prescription drug abuse has devastated the county in which portsmouth sits, as well as other counties in the area. because of the hard work of the community leaders and federal and state law enforcement there has been some momentum. we're beginning to turn things arou -- around, pill shops are being closed. one critical tool they told me they needed was prescription drug monitoring progr
bipartisan support for an amendment i introduced along with congressman hal rogers in kentucky and senator whitehouse. there is a prescription drug abuse problem throughout the country but in ohio we've been hit hard by this and one of the issues i had found in going to a town hall in southern ohio was the fact the state prescription drug monitoring programs couldn't communicate and operate across state lines. this town hall i did with director gil gorlakowski, the director kindly came to...
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whitehouse: i am honored to join my senior senator today to commemorate such an important milestone as he has described in american education. it was 40 years ago this week that president nixon signed into law the education amendments of 1972. including a provision establishing for the first time the basic educational opportunity grants which came to be called the pell grant for its sponsor, senator claiborne pell of rhode island. over the next four decades, pell grants would turn the dream of college education into a reality for millions of americans. today, more than ever, a college diploma is important to a young person's success. with the unemployment rate for those 25 and older with a bachelor's degree less than 4%, and for those -- and over 8% for those with only a high school diploma, the value of that college degree could not be more apparent. higher education provides the skills and credentials that many employers require in today's economy. in the decades following world war ii, the united states government made college and occupational mobility a reality for more americans t
whitehouse: i am honored to join my senior senator today to commemorate such an important milestone as he has described in american education. it was 40 years ago this week that president nixon signed into law the education amendments of 1972. including a provision establishing for the first time the basic educational opportunity grants which came to be called the pell grant for its sponsor, senator claiborne pell of rhode island. over the next four decades, pell grants would turn the dream of...